Street-car fender.



No. 681,350. Patented Aug. 27, 1901.

c. T. STOELTING.

STREET CAR FENDER.

(Application filed May 6, 1901.) (No Model.)

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STREET CAB FENDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. STOELTING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,350, dated August 27, 1901.

Application filed May 6,1901. Serial No. 58,903. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. STOELTING, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Car Fenders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-fenders; and it consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

The object of this invention is to arrange and construct a device whereby the life of a human being or animal is saved by being held upon the fender and preventing it from falling before the wheels of the truck.

A further object is the elasticity of the springs forming a part of the fender, allowing the body to fall gently, and thereby preventing it from being in any way injured.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete invention, showing its connection to a car. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing its construction.

In the construction of the device as shown I provide a suitable frame 1, being arranged to extend across the entire front of the car, and its sides 2 are bent rearwardly, extending to a short distance from the front wheels of the foremost truck. The frame is connected to and carried by two rods 3, one located upon each end and located in alinement with the rails of the track, and on the lower ends of said rods 3 are auxiliary wheels 4, which roll upon the rails and keep the fender at a desirable height above the track. The rods 3 are suitably bent, as shown, and are adjustably held in sockets 5, secured to the bumper of the car-body. By the use of the sockets the fender can be tilted at the desired angle in order to give the front of the fender the desired pitch.

The front of the fender is provided with a plurality of peculiarly-bent strips 6, constructed of spring metal and arranged at intervals apart along the entire front and are connected by cross-wires 7, making a complete network. The purpose of these is to prevent the object falling upon the fender from passing between the strips 6. The lower upturned ends ofthe strips 6 are tipped with rubber 8 orlike elastic material. They extend across from strip to strip and are for the purpose of preventing the injury of the object when striking it.

The projecting sides of the fender are supported to the car by means of hooks 9 or like devices. Thus in this manner the entire fender is supported and can, when desired, be removed and replaced to either end of the car.

In instances Where the sockets cannot be applied upon the top of the bumper I apply a socket to the side of the car-body, as indicated by dotted lines in the drawings.

The rods 3 are held in position in the sockets by means of chained bolts or pins, which communicate with apertures formed in the rod, and in this manner the same is protected from displacement.

The spring-strips forming the front contact-surface give elasticity and break the sudden jar upon the object when coming in contact. It will retain any-sized body from the smallest to the largest and by the giving of the springs prevent it from rolling ofi. The side extension guides the body away from the wheels should it contact therewith at the side.

A device of this construction will not allow an object such as a human being or animal body to get under the wheels of the truck.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is l. A car-fender having a frame, rods supporting said frame, Wheels mounted upon the ends of said rods, means carried by the carfor adj ustably supporting the rods, a plurality of parallel strips carried by the frame, and means to prevent an object from passing beneath the fender carried upon the lower ends of the strips.

2. A car-fender, comprising a frame, a pair of rods connected to and adapted to support said frame, sockets for receiving the upper ends of said rods and allowing the rods to be adj ustably held therein, wheels carried by the lower ends of said rods and adapted to fit upon the car-tracks, and a series of paralacross the front of the fender, a suitable netv 10 work connecting each strip and located across the side of the frame, and means for adj ust- I ing the angle, rubber tips formed on the front lower ends of the strips and connected together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. STOELTING. Witnesses:

R0131. S. OBRIEN, ANNA SCHOEPF. 

